The methodological significance of scientific metaphor

Frontiers of Philosophy in China - Tập 2 - Trang 437-453 - 2007
Guichun Guo1
1Research Center for Philosophy of Science & Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

Tóm tắt

The essential significance of scientific metaphor lies in applying the general metaphorical theory to specific interpretations and elaborations of scientific theories to form a methodology of scientific explanation. It is a contextual grasp of objective reality. A given metaphorical context and its grasp of the essence of reality can only be valid when the context is continually restructured. Taking the context as a whole, the methodological characteristic of scientific metaphor lies in the unity of understanding and choice, experience and concepts, semantic structures and metaphorical domains, rationality and irrationality. As a form of thinking based on reasons, scientific metaphor plays an important role in invention, representation, explanation, evaluation, and communication.

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Frontiers of Philosophy in China

Tập 2

437-453

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